[Bruno, meanwhile, huffs through his nose and sits back a bit. Staring down at his self-made plate with his name, then at the light coming through the crack in the wall.]
[He just. Takes an arepa and idly breaks it apart, sharing it with the rats nuzzling their little noses on his arms.]
Mirabel, my youngest sobrina. She, uh. The night she was supposed to get her Gift didn't go so well. Her vision was... Different. I-i dunno what'll happen but if there's hope for this family, it's her.
Fourteen now? She was five when she was supposed to get her gift, and then it went bad and I didn't know what it meant, still don't know what it means. But she's- She's trying.
[ He. He doesn’t say anything, but this face clearly says “you’re leaving the future of your potentially toxic and definitely magic family to a FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD???” ]
Look, she's smart. She's hard working, she wants so badly to do right. And- and her vision that I had? Definitely has to do with the fate of the magic. So. So yeah.
[He nods, obviously pleased with that. Then thinks again.]
I- boy I wish I knew how to get you home. Not because I don't like the company, just. You seem really kinda stressed out by mi familia, and- And I dunno.
[ Martin tilts it so Bruno can see. He’s flicking rapidly through pictures on this weird little glass rectangle. Mostly of pastries, and a long-haired cat, and then -
Aha. Here’s a picture taken of Jonah without him noticing, sitting in a comfortable armchair with the cat in his lap. Behind him, dimly, there’s a bunch of plush dormice on the bookshelves. ]
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Date: 2022-01-02 05:36 pm (UTC)....Sorry. I just- They're all I've got.
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Date: 2022-01-02 05:39 pm (UTC)[ A deep breath. ]
It’s just - in my specific case, I should have walked away years ago.
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Date: 2022-01-02 05:43 pm (UTC)Yeah, there's nowhere I can really uh. 'Move' to, not without leaving the encanto.
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Date: 2022-01-02 05:45 pm (UTC)[ He hesitates. ]
Well, I don’t know your mum, but just from what you’re saying she seems. Ah. Like there’s more hope, probably.
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Date: 2022-01-02 05:47 pm (UTC)He fidgets with his spoon on the plate a bit, thinking about that.]
There's hope for them, I think. If. If she can do it, then things will be better for them.
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Date: 2022-01-02 05:50 pm (UTC)He hopes that last part isn’t true. But he just doesn’t know, does he? ]
She? Your mother?
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Date: 2022-01-02 05:52 pm (UTC)Mirabel, my youngest sobrina. She, uh. The night she was supposed to get her Gift didn't go so well. Her vision was... Different. I-i dunno what'll happen but if there's hope for this family, it's her.
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Date: 2022-01-02 06:06 pm (UTC)Look, she's smart. She's hard working, she wants so badly to do right. And- and her vision that I had? Definitely has to do with the fate of the magic. So. So yeah.
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Date: 2022-01-02 06:12 pm (UTC)I- boy I wish I knew how to get you home. Not because I don't like the company, just. You seem really kinda stressed out by mi familia, and- And I dunno.
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Date: 2022-01-02 06:22 pm (UTC)[ SIGH. ]
I’m not stressed. I’ll be less stressed. I just care about you? And it seems like you have few that do.
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Date: 2022-01-02 06:22 pm (UTC)You just met me, why would you care?
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Date: 2022-01-02 06:24 pm (UTC)… But you remind me of my husband so profoundly. Like - if he were ten or fifteen years older and grew his hair out? You’d be identical.
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Date: 2022-01-02 06:31 pm (UTC)It’s a compliment. The fact that you think it could be an insult means you’re even more like my husband.
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Date: 2022-01-02 06:33 pm (UTC)Though, man, if your husband looks like me, wish I could see that.
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Date: 2022-01-02 06:35 pm (UTC)[ And he was about to say it’s too bad he can’t show Bruno, but. He remembers he’s got his phone? He brightens, digging it out of his pocket. ]
Here, give me a moment. Let me find a good picture of us.
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Date: 2022-01-02 06:36 pm (UTC)[Hold on, food is not completely forgotten, but more an afterthought as he takes another bite but adamantly watching Martin.]
Wha-what is that thing?
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Date: 2022-01-02 06:39 pm (UTC)Aha. Here’s a picture taken of Jonah without him noticing, sitting in a comfortable armchair with the cat in his lap. Behind him, dimly, there’s a bunch of plush dormice on the bookshelves. ]
It’s my phone? It has a camera, so.
[ He show Bruno the picture. ]
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Date: 2022-01-02 06:44 pm (UTC)[He leans in closer to see, wiping his mouth with one hand before touching at just the corner of the phone.]
We only have paintings for this kind of thing. How- Jeez.
[And then he's actually looking at the picture, tilting his head squinting a little. Touches at his own longer curls.]
That's what I'd look like with short hair, huh. Doesn't look a thing like me.
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